William shirley



(No Model.)

W SHIRLEY DRESS GUARD ATTACHMENT.

No. 606,492. Patented June 28, 18981.

\ WITNESSES:

\VILLIAM SHIRLEY, OF

DRESS-GUARD COVENTRY, ENGLAND.

ATTACHMENT.

sP'EoIFIcATIoN forming part or Lettersratent no. 0 ,492, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed September 15,1897. fierial Np. 651,769. (No model.) Patentedin England September 17,1896,No.20,597; in France November 10, 1896, No. 261,146. and in Gerinanyll'ovember 10,1896,No.92,355.

T0 on whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I,WILI.IAM SH R nY,a

subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Coventry, England, have invented a new and Improved Bicycle Quadrant Attachment for Dress-Guards, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to adevice adapted for attaching dress-guards of bicycles to the frame or the axle of the machine, for which Letters Patent were granted to me in England, No. 20,597, dated September 17, 1896; in France, No. 261,146, dated November10,1896, and in Germany, No. 92,855, dated November 10, 18-96.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment whereby a dressguard may be quickly and conveniently applied to bicycles adapted for womens use and whereby the guard may be kept stretched perfectly tight.

and may be readily removed whenever nec-j essary or desirable.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastening device of the character above described which will be 11 ot only durable and economic,'but also exceedingly light.

The invention consists in the novel c011- struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts'in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rear portion of a bicycle, illustrating the application of the attaching device for the dress-guard. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the attaching device, a part thereof being in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a slightly-modified form of the attaching device, and Fig. 5 is a section through the keeper of the modified form of the attaching device and the member of the bicycle-frame to which it is applied. A represents a rear upper brace of a dropframe bicycle; B, the axle of the rear wheel; 0, the rear wheel; D, the rear lower brace o the frame, and E the mud-guard.

The attaching device consists of a keeper F and a quadrant-latch F. The keeper F consists ofabody. having an opening 11 therein and provided at the top with an offset or curved flange 12, the flange being supported at a point beyond the outer face of the body, occupying a vertical position. The flange 12 of the keeper is provided upon its outer face, at or near its center, with a stud 13. The quadrant-latch consists of a segmental bodyplate 1 1, provided with a keyhole-slot '15, adapted to receive the stud of the keeper F. Two or more (ordinarily three) cylinders 16 are formed at the upper edge of the segmental body-plate'14 of the latch, and in each of the said cylinders a piston 17 is held to slide, and within each cylinder a spring 18 is con tained bearing against the head of the piston and against the outer end of the cylinder. The rod of each. piston extends out through the upper end of the cylinder in which it is located and terminates in an eye 17.

:7 In the ordinary formof the device a serpentine rod 19 is passed through the eyes 17 of the pistons, and the lower threads of the guard F are passed around the upwardlyextending loop portions of the bar 19. Instead of the rod 19 being provided with the loops, as shown in Fig. 2, eyes may be substituted for said loops. The guard may be woven, knotted, or knitted, as desired, and preferably at each upper point of the dressguard a clip 21 is secured, which clips are made to enter the usual openings in the mudguard E. After the dress-guard has been secured to the mud-guard it is drawn downward,

placing the springs 18 in the cylinders under tension until the stud of the keeper has on tered the slot 15 in the body of the quadrantlatch. The keeper F of the device may be and usually is placed upon the outer end of the rear axle B and secured in place by the ence in construction between the form shown ,claim as new and desire in Fig. 4: and that shown in Fig. 2 consists principally in the formation of the keeper F the said keeper consisting of a body 23, shaped substantially as a clip, the said body being adapted to be clamped around the upper rear brace A of the frame, said body 23 being provided with a stud 24:, as in the other form of keeper.

Having thus described my invention, I to secure by Letters Patent- 1 An attaching device for bicycle dressguards, consisting of a keeper, and a latch adapted for locking engagement with the keeper and having casings formed upon its body the said latch being provided with spring-controlled members having movement in the said casings and arranged for attachment to the dress-guard, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a bicycle dress-guard, a latch adapted for attachment to a bicycle-frame and comprising a segmental body-plate having casings formed at its upper edge, and aspring-pressed rod arranged in each casing and extending out through the upper end thereof, the said rods being arranged for attachment to a dressguard substantially as set forth.

3. In an attaching device for bicycle dressguards, a latch arranged for attachment to a bicycle-frame, a cylindrical casing carried by the latch-body, and a spring-controlled rod having guided movement in the casing and terminating at its upper end in an eye, the said rod being arranged for attachment to a dress-guard, for the purpose specified.

4-. In a dress-guard for bicycles, an attaching device for the said guard, consisting of a keeper adapted to be attached to the bicycleframe, a latch arranged for locking engagement with the keeper, and spring-controlled pistons arranged for engagement with the lower portion of the dress-guard, for the purpose set forth.

5. In an attaching device for bicycle dressguards, the combination, with a keeper adapted for attachment to the frame,the saidkeeper being provided with a stud, of a latch provided with a slot to receivethe stud of the keeper, casings formed upon the body of the latch, and spring-controlled pistons located within the said casings and extendingoutwardly therefrom.

6. In an attaching device for bicycle dressguards, the combination with a keeper adapted for attachment to the frame,the said keeper being provided with a stud, of a latch provided with a slot to receive the stud of the keeper, casings formed upon the body of the latch, spring-controlled pistons located within the said casings and extending outwardly therefrom, and a bar connecting the pistons in the said casings, the said bar being adapted to receive the loops at the lower end of the dress-guard, as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination with a mud-guard, and a dress-guard adapted for attachment at its upper portion to the said mud-guard, of a keeper adapted to be attached to the bicycleframe and having on its outer face a projecting stud and a latch comprising a body-plate having a slot to receive the stud of the keeper the said body-plate being provided with extensions from its upper edge forming guide ways and spring-controlled rods having movement in the said guideways, the upper ends of the said rods being arranged for engagement with the lower portion of the dressguard, for the purpose set forth.

l/VILLIAM SHIRLEY.

Witnesses:

ALBERT NEWEY, W. J. THOMAS. 

